3 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
index ef78c22ff44d..ba7094b945ff 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ int filename__read_int(const char *filename, int *value)
 	return err;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Parses @value out of @filename with strtoull.
+ * By using 0 for base, the strtoull detects the
+ * base automatically (see man strtoull).
+ */
 int filename__read_ull(const char *filename, unsigned long long *value)
 {
 	char line[64];
@@ -292,7 +297,7 @@ int filename__read_ull(const char *filename, unsigned long long *value)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (read(fd, line, sizeof(line)) > 0) {
-		*value = strtoull(line, NULL, 10);
+		*value = strtoull(line, NULL, 0);
 		if (*value != ULLONG_MAX)
 			err = 0;
 	}
@@ -351,6 +356,19 @@ int filename__read_str(const char *filename, char **buf, size_t *sizep)
 	return err;
 }
 
+int procfs__read_str(const char *entry, char **buf, size_t *sizep)
+{
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	const char *procfs = procfs__mountpoint();
+
+	if (!procfs)
+		return -1;
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", procfs, entry);
+
+	return filename__read_str(path, buf, sizep);
+}
+
 int sysfs__read_ull(const char *entry, unsigned long long *value)
 {
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
index 9f6598098dc5..16c9c2ed7c5b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ int filename__read_int(const char *filename, int *value);
 int filename__read_ull(const char *filename, unsigned long long *value);
 int filename__read_str(const char *filename, char **buf, size_t *sizep);
 
+int procfs__read_str(const char *entry, char **buf, size_t *sizep);
+
 int sysctl__read_int(const char *sysctl, int *value);
 int sysfs__read_int(const char *entry, int *value);
 int sysfs__read_ull(const char *entry, unsigned long long *value);
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
index a26bb5ea8283..251b7c342a87 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "fs.h"
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ static int strerror_open(int err, char *buf, size_t size, const char *filename)
 	}
 		break;
 	default:
-		snprintf(buf, size, "%s", strerror_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
+		snprintf(buf, size, "%s", str_error_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
 		break;
 	}